Yangyang: “Master Jianxin, have you found the person you’re looking for?”
Jianxin: “Yes, I’ve found Zhiyuan. We will return to the city with the logistics team. We will go find Mr. Zongye to let him know he is safe.”
Rover: “I heard Zhiyuan didn’t want to leave?”
Jianxin: “Zhiyuan is a man full of courage. Influenced by his veteran grandpa’s tales, he longs to join the military and aid in humanity’s battle against Tacet Discords. The journey with you has exposed me to immense suffering, but the battles on the frontline must be even more brutal then what I’ve witnessed. Countless lives have been lost in this war… Master Rongfu once told me, “The best sages gain enlightenment in the military, the mediocre sages gain enlightenment in the bustling cities, and the worst sages gain enlightenment in seclusion”. I do share some of Zhiyuan’s feelings. However, Zhiyuan disagreed with the intense training and tests required to join the military. He saw no distinction between ordinary people and Resonators, and believed he could contribute on the battlefield, however small that contribution might be.”
Rover: “Everyone has a part to play.”
Jianxin: “I, too, found what Zhiyuan said was reasonable to an extent, and I couldn’t change his mind with words. So I tried to imagine what my masters would do. They’d set up a spar in this case. And if I won, they’d let me do what I wanted.”
Rover: “Anything that works for you, I guess.”
Jianxin: “I didn’t mean to beat him up for nothing. My masters taught me valuable lessons through sparring, and I gained important insights from those fights. Now, who do you think won that fight?”
Rover: “You pretended to lose.”
Jianxin: “The shape changes, but not the forms; the more it moves, the more it yields. Less thinking, more knowing. Simplify for clarity. Yes, I pretended to lose, but Zhiyuan saw it through. After our fight, Ziyuan admitted he saw the gap between Resonators and ordinary people. He seemed to realize how he was still far from beign able to flight the Tacet Discords. He realized how he was just trying to convince himself that he could make a difference. not wanting to acknowledge his own limitations. Fighting on the battlefield requires physical and mental strenght, and he was not prepared for that. I heard you two still have other matters to attend to. When you have the time, let’s catch up at Liuxian Teahouse. It’s my great pleasure to have met you.”
Rover: “See you.”